How a Deadly Explosion and a Feared Admiral Changed the Course of Nuclear History
by
Todd Tucker
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2009
On January 3, 1961, nuclear reactor SL-1 exploded in rural Idaho, spreading radioactive contamination over thousands of acres and killing three men: John Byrnes, Richard McKinley, and Richard Legg. The Army blamed "human error" and a sordid love triangle. Though it has been overshadowed by the accident...